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Moab 3 Waterproof Wide
Hiking Shoes
Should you buy it??
Too early to call
One source so far — no reviewer, buyer or press cross-check yet.
Quick take
In short: what each side says
Buyers — each opened up in full further down ↓
Owners love the comfort, support, and wide fit, but waterproofing fails quickly—either defective from purchase or degrading within months of use.
Main competitors
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The verdict
What the panel makes of it.
Merrell makes the Moab 3 Waterproof Wide hiking shoe. Released in 2021, designed in the United States. The shoe uses Merrell's M Select Grip outsole for traction. Wide-footed hikers buy it to walk trails without cramped toes. AI assistants rank it first for best hiking shoes, wide feet.
Act one
What the machines think.
Several AI models read the category and place this product — model by model, list by list, over time.
Rank trajectory?
Weeks of movement.
Act two · ★ new
What the people say.
The same product, judged by the owners who bought and filmed it — what they praise, what they knock, who it's for.
What buyers say?
What Google knows about it.
Beyond the video critics, Google pools 2,427 buyer ratings of the Moab 3 Waterproof Wide from across retailers — a far wider, if blunter, jury. Here’s the shape of that opinion.
2,427 ratings · 7 written
across 2 retailers
What owners single out
In their words
“I bought the Merrell Moab 3's partly because my son recommended Merrell and partly because they were about all our local REI had in a lightweight hiker in wide fit. I've only had them for a couple of weeks so I can't comment on durability, but they are very comfortable, and traction has been great so far. My most used trail is 3 miles out and 3 back on a combination of old wagon road, old dry cree”
Pfc · verified purchase · REI
“Had I purchased the non waterproof version, this would easily be a 4-5 star review. Unfortunately like many others have stated, the waterproofing does not stand up. After the first 20 or so trail miles I noticed the waterproofing started to quickly diminish. As time went on it progressively got worse, to the point where now I can’t take a short hike through ankle height grass with morning dew on i”
NOMVD · verified purchase · REI
as of July 15 · 2427 buyer ratings?
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The recap
Where it stands today.
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